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SouthStar Energy Services Piloting Full Supply Chain Emissions Tracking with MiQ's MethaneScout™ Platform
SouthStar Energy Services, one of the nation's leading natural gas marketing companies, today announced that it has become the first retail energy marketer in the U.S. and one of the first companies in the energy industry to pilot a new methane and greenhouse gas emissions tracking tool called MiQ's MethaneScout™.
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